Wayne Burnett

Football player infobox2
playername = Wayne Burnett


fullname = Wayne Burnett
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|9|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Lambeth
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Grays Athletic (Manager)
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Leyton Orient
years = 1989–1992
1992–1993
1993–1995
1995–1996
1996
1996–1998
1998
1998–2002
2002
2002–2003
2003
2004
clubs = Leyton Orient
Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle
Bolton Wanderers
→ Huddersfield Town (loan)
Huddersfield Town
→ Grimsby Town (loan)
Grimsby Town
Woking
Grays Athletic
Fisher Athletic
Peterborough United
caps(goals) = 040 (4)
003 (0)
070 (3)
003 (0)
003 (0)
068 (3)
000 (0)
101 (5)
003 (0)


001 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 2004–2005
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008– | managerclubs = Fisher Athletic
Dulwich Hamlet
Fisher Athletic
Grays Athletic
pcupdate = 21:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)~
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Wayne Burnett (born 4 September 1971, in Lambeth) was a professional footballer who is most notable for playing at Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town. Burnett is manager of Conference National outfit Grays Athletic.

Playing career

Burnett started out playing for Leyton Orient as a youngster, and represented England at youth level, he soon earned himself a move to Blackburn Rovers but after a year with the Rovers he found himself transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 1993.

In 1995 Premiership newcomers, Bolton Wanderers signed Burnett. But after only a season with the club he was sold to Huddersfield Town following a short loan spell. His time in Yorkshire was a rather impressive one and was described as a flair player with much skill, he scored a wonder goal against Bradford City from just inside his own half in a League Cup tie.

Following a clear out at Huddersfield, Burnett was loaned too Grimsby Town in 1998 and scored in his debut against Scunthorpe United as the "Mariners" put there local rivals out of the Football League Trophy.

It was in the same competition at Wembley Stadium against Bournemouth that Burnett scored the winning golden goal in the 1998 final and played in the promotion winning team in the play-off final a month later. Burnett the "Mariners" to an impressive finish in the Championship, almost securing a play-off spot to the Premiership the following season.

He stayed with Grimsby until the summer of 2002, but was troubled by a persistent injury problem that made him miss chunks of the 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. Burnett was released by manager Paul Groves with the player sidelined for the majority of his time in his last season.

Burnett dropped out of professional football and signed with Conference National club Woking, but his time at his new club was short lived after a spat with the clubs supporters. The incident happened in a Conference game in which Woking were trailing 2–0 with 20 minutes remaining. Burnett was brought on as a substitute but could not change the outcome of the game. In a statement made to the Grimsby Telegraph, Burnett claimed that Woking supporters had singled him out for abuse, stating that they expected him to come on and win the game for them because he was a professional footballer. Burnett claimed that just because he is a professional does not mean he can change the outcome of every game.

He then joined Fisher Athletic for a short period of time. As well as this Burnett went into acting appearing as an extra for Sky One football television drama Dream Team. Burnett can be seen in a number of episodes appearing to be sat on the substitutes bench also training with the fictional Harchester United team.

In 2004 Burnett made a shock return to the professional game signing for Peterborough United on a non contract basis. He only made one appearance for the club.

Managerial career

Burnett started his managerial career with Fisher Athletic in 2004, winning the London Senior Cup and Southern League Division One East. He then joined Dulwich Hamlet in 2006.cite news
title = Wayne's burning ambition
url = http://www.thefa.com/GrassrootsOld/GrassRootsNews/Postings/2006/02/Grassroots_Burnett.htm
publisher = TheFA.com
first = Tony | last = Incenzo
date = 2006-02-23
accessdate = 2008-09-24] He was appointed manager of Fisher Athletic for the second time in May 2007.cite news
title = Wayne Burnett Appointed Manager
url = http://www.fisherathletic.co.uk/news_detail.php?ID=81
publisher = Fisher Athletic F.C.
date = 2007-05-24
accessdate = 2008-09-24] On 23 September 2008, it was announced that Burnett will join Grays Athletic on 29 September as manager.cite news
title = Burnett With The Blues
url = http://graysathletic.co.uk/news/archives/002729.html
publisher = Grays Athletic F.C.
date = 2008-09-23
accessdate = 2008-09-24]

Honours

Grimsby Town

*Football League Trophy winner: 1998
*Second Division play-off winner: 1998

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=1144|name=Wayne Burnett
* [http://grimsbytown.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=909&stid=8385308&p=2 electronicfishcake.com] Grimsby player profile